Papers from the First Naples Conference (30
June–2 July 2006), the first supplement to Herculaneum Archaeology,
includes contributions by Francesca Longo Auricchio (Università degli
Studi di Napoli Federico II), “The International Centre for the Study of
the Herculaneum Papyri (CISPE)”, Antonio De Simone (Università degli
Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa - Napoli), “Herculaneum and the Villa of the
Papyri: Studies, Excavation, and Prospects”, and Carlo Knight, “Sir
William Hamilton’s Neapolitan houses”, on an early enthusiast for the
eighteenth-century discoveries at Herculaneum.

Earlier issues of Herculaneum Archaeology remain available:Issue 1
(Summer 2004) includes an introduction to the Society and its aims
(Robert Fowler and Dirk Obbink), “To Dig or not to Dig?” (Andrew
Wallace-Hadrill and Robert Fowler), “Out of the Ashes” (Roger
Macfarlane, on digitally imaging the Herculaneum Papyri), and a review
of Shelley Hales, The Roman House and Social Identity (Anna Collar).

Issue 2
(Winter 2005) includes an introduction to the Society’s Archive,
“Deconstructing Herculaneum” (James Andrews on the excavation and
reconstruction of the site), “Brought to Light” (new images from
Herculaneum and Monte Soma), “News from the Herculaneum Papyri” (Richard
Janko), “Il Porcino - Our Mascot?” (Dirk Obbink), and a review of L.
Richardson, Jr., A Catalog of Identifiable Figure Painters of Ancient
Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae (Matthew Bladen).

Issue 3
(Summer 2005) includes an updated account of the Herculaneum Archive
(Dirk Obbink), “Mapping the Villa of the Papyri” (Mantha Zarmakoupi),
“The Virtues of Virtual Unrolling” (Brent Seales), “Herculaneum in the
History of Art Criticism” (James I. Porter), and a review of Carol C.
Mattusch, The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum: Life and Afterlife of a
Sculpture Collection (Matthew Bladen).

Issue 5
(Summer 2006) includes “Volcanism at Vesuvius” (Chris Hawkesworth and
James Small), photographs taken at the Society’s first Naples conference
(30 June–2 July 2006), “From the Archive” (verses on Herculaneum by
Giacomo Leopardi with a parallel translation by David Armstrong), and
“The Library of Philodemus”, a review of Daniel Delattre, La Villa des
Papyrus et les rouleaux d’Herculanum: La Bibliothèque de Philodème (W.B.
Henry).

Issue 6
(Winter 2006) includes a report on the Society's activities, "The First
Naples conference 28 June - 2 July 2006" by Bob Fowler, "Re-examining
the Casa del mosaico di Nettuno e Anfitrite at Herculaneum" by James
Andrews and latest news frrom Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Issue 7
(Summer 2007) includes a report on the Getty Villa by Roger Macfarlane,
"Virtual Villa: digitally reconstructing the Villa of the Papyri" by
Mantha Zarmakoupi, "What's in a name?", by Holger Essler, and "Lucretius
and Roman Epicureanism", by Beate Beer.

Issue 8
(Winter 2007) includes "Activities of the Centro Internazionale per lo
Studio dei Papiri Erconalesi" by Francesca Longo Auricchio, an account
of the international Villa of the Papyri Conference by Mantha
Zarmakoupi, and an article on "Tracing the Water Supply at Herculaneum"
by Society bursar Duncan Keenan-Jones.

Issue 9
(Summer 2008) includes a report of the Second Naples Congress, an
article on "Roman Libraries and the Villa of the Papyri" by Matthew
Nicholls, and a report by Society bursar Ciro Montella on "Aspects and
Problems of Insula II at Herculaneum".

Issue 10
(Winter 2008) offers a translation of "An Eighteenth-Century Traveler's
Account" by Nigel Wilson, an interim report on "Computer Modelling in
Herculaneum" by Peter Spital, and the winning entry in the Schools
Competition.

Issue 11 (Summer 2009) contains news and a full report of the Paris meeting by Richard Janko.

Issue 12
(Summer 2010) contains news, a full report of the Third Herculaneum
Conference by Robert Fowler, an article by Christopher Smith, Director
of the British School at Rome, and a report on the travelling exhibition
"Pompeii and the Roman Villa" by Carol Mattusch.

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